Characterization of the early steps of OE17 precursor transport by the thylakoid ΔpH/Tat machinery

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 267, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 2588-2598

  Musser, Siegfried M ^a,b   Theg, Steven M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

pH Tat machinery; Biotinylation; Protein translocation; Proton motive force; Thylakoid biogenesis

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; PROTEIN PRECURSOR;

ARTICLE; BIOTINYLATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; LIPID VESICLE; MAIZE; MEMBRANE BINDING; NONHUMAN; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; THYLAKOID MEMBRANE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AVIDIN; BASE SEQUENCE; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CARRIER PROTEINS; DNA PRIMERS; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLANT PROTEINS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN PRECURSORS; THYLAKOIDS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0034031057     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1327.2000.01269.x     Document Type: Article

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